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Dangerous New Avenues

(2013)

Duration: approx. 6 min

premiere on April 2, 2014

Erin Bryan, soprano

Kyle McCoy, percussion

Program Note:

Dangerous New Avenues is a riddle and a question. Delving into the realm of bioethics, the poem calls into question the ramifications of careless use and misuse of biotechnology. With so much power at our fingertips, we have the ability to tamper with life’s source code, the very Strands of Life: DNA. This unsettling contemplation leaves one question: “we play, but can we play the Part?”

Instrumentation:

Soprano

Range: E-flat4 to A-flat5

Tessitura: G4 to G5

Percussion

Medium Tam-Tam

Medium Suspended Cymbal

Sizzle Cymbal

Ratchet

Vibraphone

Crotales (written C5)

text by Justin Giarrusso

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